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DECORATING 
with CASEMENTS 


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A Book of Practical Suggestions 
for the Curtaining and Screening 
of Steel Casement Windows, pre- 
pared with the Assistance of 


Marshall Field and Co. 
Chicago, Illinois 

The J. L. Hudson Co. 
Detroit, Michigan 


W. and J. Sloane, Inc. 
New York, New York 


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Copyright, 1928, by 


The Detroit Steel Products Company 
2250 East Grand Boulevard 
Detroit, Michigan 


sole manufacturers of 


Fenestra 


STEEL CASEMENT WINDOWS: 


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Through the window of the present 
All my life must come to me! 

Freedom, happiness and love, and 
Natures beauty I shall see 

Only as they near my casement; 
Then my heart must bid them stay, 

For God's blessings always enter 


Through the window called Today. 


Care may cast a fleeting shadow 
On my friendly windowpane 
But I know that sunshine gathers 
Added splendor from the rain. 
So I find that each glad morning 
Life ts wonderful and gay, 

As it greets my eager spirit, 


Through the window called Today. 


—QO. LAWRENCE HAWTHORNE 


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COLUMBIA UNIVERSITY 


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INDOWS have been essentials of design since the 

beginning of architecture. With them, the archi- 
tect fashions the character of his building; they are the 
features which give expression to the home. Accord- 
ingly as the windows are narrow, high, broad, or low, 
a house is prim, stately, hospitable, or cozy. The 
windows make the first impression on the passerby in 
the street and on the visitor beside the hearth. 


Each window frames a picture of the out-of-doors, 
set off by dainty, colorful curtains, alive with glowing 
sunshine, charming in a way that wall-hung pictures 
never fully equal. Small wonder, then, that today 
interior decoration depends less on pictures, which 
merely simulate reality, and more on windows, which 
capture for us the genuine colors of the world outside. 


Almost any window decorates to some extent. 
However, just as there is a difference between windows 
and other forms of ornamentation, so is there a differ- 
ence between steel casement windows and other types. 
With small sparkling panes set off by slim steel muntin- 
bars, steel casements pattern the light and color of the 
out-of-doors in jewel-like brilliance that wide, blank 
lights of glass, like imitation diamonds, can never attain. 
And because they give texture to the window opening— 
variety instead of monotony—steel casements blend 
attractively with colors and fabrics. Where ordinary 


Page one 


With the attractive pattern formed by 
their small oblong panes of glass and 
slender steel bars, Fenestra Casements en- 
hance the architectural beauty and coziness 
of homes of every possible size and lype. 


Their low cost makes them available for 
even the tiniest bungalow, their durabil- 
ity, weathertightness, perfection of design, 
craftsmanship, ornamental hardware, 
and ease of operation make them emi- 
nently worthy of the costliest mansion. 


At the left is an excellent example of the 
use of Fenestra Casements in Norman 
French architecture—the residence of Mr. 
William E. Vass, of Detroit, Michigan, 
designed and built by Ernest L. Brown. 


Below is the Colonial-type home of Mr. 
E. A. Donecker, Allentown, Pennsyl- 
yania. Architects, Ruhe and Lange; 
contractor and builder, O. C. Donecker. 


page two 


Fenestra Casements are available in so 
wide a range of stock sizes that the 
exact window arrangement called for 
by any architectural design can almost 
always be achieved without the expense 
or the delay of special manufacturing. 


The Spanish home at the right is the 
residence of Mr. Hallam Cooley, at 
Los Angeles, California, planned by 
Jones and Ward and built by William 
HM. A. Brandt. The omission of the 
vertical muntin-bars of the Fenestra 
Casements is in keeping with the best 
architectural traditions of old Spain. 


The splendid Long Island, New York, 
home at the bottom of the page is the 
residence of Mr. Charles W. Walker. 
Fenestra Casements helped the archi- 
lect, George R. Thompson, in carrying 
out the English architectural effect. 


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windows break up the effect of attractive curtains, steel casements help 
to carry it through. 


Painted in harmony with the room color-scheme, ornamented with 
rich bronze hardware in tasteful design, glazed with crystal-clear plate 
glass or with quaintly fashioned leaded panes, and, finally adorned with 
draperies as simple or elaborate as one’s taste suggests, steel casement 
windows add beauty far beyond their modest cost. Indeed, because they 
are little if any more expensive than ordinary windows, anyone can well 
afford to decorate with casements. 


And to a considerable degree, their decorative charm is due to the 
fact that curtains are applied, not to the window proper, but to the window- 
space as a whole. Instead of merely covering a given area of glass, one 
utilizes graceful, colorful curtains in combination with small sparkling 
glass lights to create a wall decoration that is beautiful, charming, and, 
above all, “different’’. 


— An attractive sun-room, illustrating how 
charmingly shades, glass curtains, and over- 
curtains can be used with Fenestra Casements. 


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CURTAINING STEEL CASEMENTS 


TEEL casements accept almost any curtains or combination of curtains 

that one may desire, and their shimmering panes form a delightful 
background for dainty, colorful draperies that lend to every room the 
individual charm and chic of a Paris gown. 


You may have wanted always cool, plain colors at your windows— 
clear greens, soft blues, shadowy grays—yet hesitated to use them at old- 
style windows with their wide, blank glass areas. Such fabrics are 
altogether lovely when the bars of steel casements throw interesting 
shadows against the cloth. 


If you prefer the warmer colors—deep wine reds, subtle purples, the 
brown of autumn leaves—use them by all means. For steel casements 
make modernistic patterns of the sunlight that give light and life even 
to formal fabrics. Similarly, the sparkling panes, with their slender tracery 
of steel bars, blend to perfection with figured materials, whether in bright 
colors or delicate pastels. And if vertical stripes will provide the one motif 
that means a “just right’’ room you'll find them in utter harmony with 
oblong glass lights that are higher than they are wide. 


You may be tired of window shades. You can do away with them by 
using casement curtains which can be drawn over the entire window to 
shut out the light or pulled back to the sides to let it in. Conversely, if 
you like roller shades, keep them, for steel casement windows opening 
out offer no interference for them. At the same time, the soft colors or 
gay patterns in which shades can now be obtained harmonize with any 
decorative scheme. Such shades are made of glazed chintz, waterproof if 
desired. Their colors and patterns, as one might expect, are only on the 
inside surface—the side next to the glass is made plain so that the exterior 
of the house will have a uniform appearance. 


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The Curtain Materials 


THE choice of curtain fabrics is almost limitless; one’s own good taste 
is the best guide in making a selection. For casement curtains (sometimes 
called glass curtains), a closely-woven material of medium weight, such as 
silk or mohair, should be used if they are to take the place of roller-shades 
in subduing the light. Either ecru or natural color is better than white, 
while gold-colored fabrics are very popular because they give an impres- 
sion of sunshine even on dull days. 


If you are employing roller-shades, lighter curtain materials are 
advisable, such as organdie, dotted Swiss, voile, scrim, pongee, or silk gauze. 
As casement curtains are even more visible from the outside than from the 
inside, because they are covered by the over-curtains, this fact should be 
remembered in choosing colors. 


For over-curtains, crewel embroideries, hand-blocked linens, cretonnes, 
printed linens, glazed chintzes, velvets, and damasks offer attractive 


Extra brightness 
and cheer are 
added to this sun- 
room by the pat- 
terned chintz 
shades, while the 
Fenestra Case- 
ments, with their 
slender steel bars, 
gwe texture to the 
window openings 
without obstruct- 
ing the sunlight. 


page six 


A living-room of delightful Colonial simplicity, to which the straight 
lines of the Fenestra Casements and their single, light-textured cur- 
tains contribute just the right degree of decoration. The curtains can, 
Uf desired, be drawn across the windows to tone down the light. 


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fabrics, either plain or figured. Bright tones—yellow, orange, rose and 
green—will give warmth and light to rooms that do not get the sun; 
softer colors—cool blues, greens and tans—belong in rooms that have 
ample sunlight. Use patterned fabrics for plain walls, and vice-versa; 
striped materials go well with floral wall paper. 


Always, it is well to bear in mind that heavy fabrics, because of their 
weight and color, are really suitable only for important rooms—the living- 
room, dining-room, or library. On the other hand, the glazed chintzes, 
linens and gay cretonnes “‘belong”’ in almost any room. 


The Cut and Hang of the Curtains 


CASEMENT curtains, used alone or with over-curtains, should hang 
four or five inches below the sill, and should, therefore, be cut to hang still 
lower, to allow for shrinkage when cleaned. Over-curtains usually reach 
to just below the sill or to the floor. 


There appears to be no set rule as to when curtains should be tied 
back and when they should hang free, but many people consider them 
prettier tied back, unless they are to be drawn across the opening. It is 
also largely a matter of taste whether the curtains should be tied to hang 
as straight as possible above and below the tie, or should be gathered up 
to hang as full as possible above it. The style of the room, the proportions 
of the windows, and the fullness of the curtains all have some bearing on 
this pot. No extra length is required for tying back, because tying 
simply gathers up one side of each curtain—the other side hangs at its 
regular length. 


Determining the proper fullness of curtains is a comparatively simple 
matter. The accepted rule is that the lighter the material, the greater its 
fullness should be. Soft, silky fabrics, therefore, should be cut for double 
fullness, whereas weightier ones, such as heavy damasks and velvets, need 
no more than fifty per cent fullness. This limited fullness is especially 
important when the heavy textiles are lined, as they generally are, to bring 
out the full beauty of their designs. Certain fabrics require interlining, 
also, to render them sufficiently opaque, when viewed against the light, 
to show their patterns to advantage. This is particularly true with high 
windows, such as studio or oriel windows. 


page nine 


Cozy and quaint are the 
ruffled curtains and valance 
of this sunny breakfast-room. 
The Fenestra Casement pat- 
terns the spring sunshine to 
enhance this charming effect. 


Below ts illustrated the formal 
lambrequin, with heavy over- 
curtains as applied to Fen- 
estra Casements. Note, too, 
that the little girl ts perfectly 
comfortable next to these 
weathertight steel windows 
despite the winter weather. 


In this comfort- 
able den, the cor- 
nice above the 
Fenestra Case- 
ment gives a mas- 
culine note of 
strength and 
restraint to the Cs 


decorative plan. 


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Valances and When to Use Them 


PROPERLY speaking, a valance is a shallow hanging of cloth, but the 
name is sometimes mistakenly applied to the lambrequin, which is made 
of cloth backed with buckram or wood. Another device is the 
cornice, made of wood and painted or covered with curtain material. The 
three may be said to represent degrees of formality, with the cornice a 
compromise between the informality of the true valance and the stiff 
dignity of the lambrequin. If desired, cornices may be used in some rooms, 
and either valances or lambrequins in others. An ornamental wrought iron 
rod or a painted wooden pole for the over-curtains is a very acceptable 
and attractive unit of decoration, in place of valance, cornice, or lambrequin. 


Rooms that are correctly proportioned, with windows of the right size 
and shape, generally require some such device at the top. Such accessories 
are thoroughly practical with steel casements, for these windows open out, 
and do not interfere with the 
hangings. Where there is a fixed 
transom between the top of the 
sash and the top of the window 
itself, such a panel fully protects 
the valance, even though the 
window may be wide open. 


Valances, cornices and lam- 
brequins should be used only 
with care and forethought. 
Frequently, they change the 
proportions of a room or of a 


Another example of the use of a lambre- 
guin ina formal living-room. Here, how- 
ever, its dignity ts relieved by the foallged 
edge and the light-colored 
under-curtains which in- 
tensify the sunlight 
streaming through the 
Fenestra Casement onto 
milady’s desk. Heavy 
wood frames around the 
casements enhance the 
baronial air of the room. 


page eleven 


In the circle— 
Valances of the 
same material as 
the under-cur- 
lains reduce the 
effect of window 
height, yet admit 
wanted daylight. 


At the right—A 
room of graceful 
curves, in which 
Fenestra Case- 
ments help to 
create an air of 
true hospitality. 


page twelve 


Four attractive dining-rooms, 
all daylighled by Fenestra 
Casements, yet all different in 
window arrangement and 
curtaining. Al the left, for 
instance, are shades and light 
under-curtains, without over- 
curtains. Below, the under- 
curtains have been omitted. 
The absence of a valance helps 
to lend an effect of height. 


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window by making it look higher, lower, wider, or narrower as desired; 
some very ridiculous effects result from using valances of the wrong cut 


or depth. 


By extending the valance well down over the glass, and at the same 
time using wide overdrapes, a window that is too large can be made to 
appear smaller. When the windows are narrow and the ceiling high, 
valances help to*detract from the extreme ceiling height and to make the 
windows look shorter and wider. If the room has a low ceiling, probably 
poles should be used, instead of valances, so that the room will look higher. 


In general, deep valances should be used with tall, narrow windows, 
and shallow ones with low windows. Straight valances add dignity, and 
are therefore, advisable for the important rooms; ruffled valances lend 
quaintness and an air of intimacy to bedrooms. In using a valance where 
you need not consider its 
effect on the proportions 
of room or windows, a 
good rule is to make the 
depth of it approximate- 
ly one-sixth the distance 
from the floor to the top 
of the window. A separate rod 
should be provided for the valance, 
which will mean a triple-rod set— 


one rod for the casement curtains, 
one for the overdrapes, and one 
for the valance. 


Fenestra Casements, set in wood 
frames, glazed with leaded glass of a 
pleasing pattern and draped 
with only the lightest of cur- 
tains, are as much a part of 
this living-room as the tim- 
bered ceiling. 


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Here, narrow win- 
dows are made to 
look wider by using 
heavy wooden cur- 
tain poles which let 
the curtains hang at 
each side, rather 
than over the win- 
dows. The impres- 
sion of height is 
retained by not us- 
ing any valances. 


A group of Fenestra Case- 
ments set off by wood mullions, 
yet unified by being curtained 
as one window. Under-cur- 
tains may be drawn across the 
glass to shut out the sunlight. 


Al the left is a charming bay of 
Fenestra Casements, daintily 
curtained to meet the exacting 
requirements of intimacy and 
luxury in a lady's boudoir. 


page fifteen 


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The Curtain Rods 


Any of several ingenious types of rods—single, double or triple — 
that can be secured at your favorite department store or from an interior 
decorator, will.serve you very satisfactorily. They can be bought with or 
without traverses (the cord-and-pulley assembly by means of which the 
curtains can be drawn back and forth across the window). Rods and 
brackets range in style and price from plain brass to ornamental designs 
in wrought iron, with Italian gold or polychrome finishes. An interesting 
support for over-curtains is a pair of swinging brackets, similar to the old 
fire-place cranes of colonial days. These are strong without being clumsy 
in appearance, and permit the curtains to be swung back against the wall, 
entirely clear of the windows, to facilitate washing. At the same time, 
you will have the under-curtains to shut out excess light when drawn 
across the glass. 


The over-curtain rods should be placed high enough above the 
window so that the curtains will exclude light and should project far 
enough beyond the window at each side to permit the curtains to overlap 
the wall. The projection at either side also gives additional space for 
drawing the curtains entirely clear of the window, to get the full 
daylighting benefit of every square inch of glass. 


When wrought-iron or wood poles are used, separate brackets are 
used for the over-curtain and casement curtain rods. Otherwise, one may 
use brackets which embody sockets for the support of two or three brass 
rods. Roller shades are frequently placed on brackets attached to the 
screen-stops at the sides of the window. 

If your steel casements are surrounded by wood casings, the curtain- 
rod brackets and shade brackets can be fastened to the woodwork. How- 
ever, it is becoming more and more the practice among builders of the 
better class to omit the wood casing in connection with steel casements, 
and to carry the plaster of the wall right to the window itself. 

In brick veneer walls (brick applied to the outside of wood framing), 
in stucco-on-frame construction, and in all-frame walls, it is an easy 
matter to locate the wood uprights about two inches thick (known as 
“studs” or “two-by-fours”) which frame the window at each side. By 
screwing through the plaster, into these uprights, the brackets can be 
secured in place. 


page sixteen 


A living-room that is simple, 
yet chastely elegant in its 
appointments. The cur- 
tains hang straight, without 
valances, enhancing the 
effect of height created by 
the tall Fenestra Casements. 


Al the right is an exception- 
ally charming window en- 
semble—a Fenestra Case- 
ment with a semi-circular 
transom, with the over-cur- 
tains hung on a circular rod 
and gathered back. It is an 
ideal combination for a 
Spanish type of residence. 


In this sun-room, the 
gauzy curtains and val- 
ances are only a sugges- 
tion of curtains, and 
intensify, rather than di- 
minish, the warm cheer 
of the sunshine admitted 
by the Fenestra Case- 
ments. And atall times, 
regardless of the weather, 
these windows open as 
easily as for the dainty 
miss in the picture. 
Tenestra Casements 
can never warp nor stick. 


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Where the walls are of solid masonry (solid brick, brick-and-tile, tile- 
and-stucco, or solid stone) a wood block should be set into the masonry at 
each upper corner of the window when the wall is laid up. An even better 
idea is a “header’’ or beam about four inches thick and from four to eight 
inches wide, extending entirely across the top of the window opening, with 
each end projecting about six inches beyond the edge of the opening. 
Either type of wood insert is, of course, covered by plaster, giving the same 
appearance as the rest of the wall. 


Remembering that you have nearly an inch of plaster to penetrate 
before reaching the solid wood upright beneath, use screws not less than 
114 inches—preferably 134 inches in length and thin enough, of course, to 
pass through the holes in the brackets. Screws shorter than 1/4 inches 
will simply mar the plaster, without forming a solid anchorage. If you 
have no drill with which to start holes in the plaster for the screws, tap the 
latter gently into place with a few blows of a hammer, and then start 
with a screw-driver. If you make a false start, dulling the point of a 
screw, throw it away and take a fresh one, for a dull screw will simply 
break the plaster without threading into it. 


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Each of these bright and airy kitchens illustrates an interesting style of cur- 
taining. The picture at the left, with one of the casements partly open, gives 
some idea of the extra ventilation which Fenestra Casements provide. 


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If the walls are of solid masonry, with no wood blocks or “‘headers’’ to 
form an anchorage for screws, curtain rods can be put up easily, without 
endangering the appearance of the plaster by using wall plugs, or ex- 
pansion bolts set into the wall. For a first-class job, a decorator or a good 
carpenter should be employed. However, wall plugs are not often needed. 
Most builders of the better class understand the use of wood blocks or 
“headers” in solid masonry to furnish anchorage for curtain rod brackets, 
and will put them in without extra charge while the house is being built. 
In buying a finished house, if you find that no such provision has been 
made, insist that the builder provide and place the wood wall plugs or 
expansion bolts for you. . 


The Fenestra Casements in this sun-room are fitted with wood-framed 
screens, hinged to swing in. They are inconspicuous and really form part of 
the window trim. The casement unit at each end of the large window is of the 
fixed type, and hence needs no screening. These screens are easily detached. 


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PART TWO 


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SCREENING STEEL CASEMENTS 


Ir you’VE lived in a home equipped with outside screens, you know 
how much more attractive the place looked in spring and fall than during 
the summer, when the screens were in place. The latter made the win- 
dows dull, ugly rectangles, whereas without them, the sparkling glass 
showed to full advantage, relieving the solid plainness of the walls. 


The inside screens used with Fenestra Steel Casements are invisible 
from the street, thereby permitting your home the full exterior beauty of 
its many-paned windows. They are almost invisible from the inside, 
because you look at them against the light. And by painting the screen 
frames to match the sills and other trim, you can make them a part of the 
interior decoration, as attractive as they are inconspicuous. 


Inside screens do not accumulate dirt nearly as rapidly as those 
outside, and the rain cannot wash grime off them, onto your clean 
windows. The comparatively small amount of dirt that does collect can 
be wiped off easily with a damp cloth whenever the windows are washed, 
which will help to keep the curtains fresh and dainty. 


And there is no premium for the advantages of inside screens. They 
are as easy to install as those on the outside, and once in place, they never 
need be taken down unless you prefer to do so, for they are protected from 
the corrosive effects of rain and snow. Yet, if you do want to remove 
them, the task is both easy and safe. 


Installing Inside Screens 


NaturRALLy, the best way of securing a good installation of inside 
screens is to include them in the plans of the house. 


There is a choice of six general types of inside screens—fixed, hori- 
zontally-sliding, side-hinged, vertically-sliding, top-hung, and roll-up. 


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How preparation is made for 
screens in installing Fenestra 
Casements. The photograph at 
the left shows a casement set in 
a masonry wall with wood 
blocks at intervals, to which the 
plaster-grounds and screen- 
stops can be firmly attached. 


Above is the completed instal- 
lation, with screen-stops at the 
jambs, ready for the attach- 
ment of the inside screens. 


page twenty-one 


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Any of the first five kinds can be bought ready-made with copper, bronze, 
or alloy frames that are slender and attractive in appearance. At lower 
cost, you can have them made for you in wood frames by any good 
carpenter, or at a convenient planing-mill. Accurate measurement and 
careful workmanship are highly important, of course, inasmuch as inside 
screens form a part of your window ensemble. 


In general, all that is necessary for the attachment of inside screens 
is to place a narrow wood strip about 34 inch thick at each side and across 
the top of the window. On the edge farther from the window, a rebate 
receives the screen. This rebate should be cut into the wood strip 194 
inches from the window, so that the screens will clear the hardware. The 
thin portion left by cutting away the wood to form the rebate should be as 
wide as the screen frame is thick (usually about 7% inch). 


These wood strips are known as screen-stops. They are best in- 
stalled by fastening them on top of narrower strips of common lumber, 
called plaster-grounds. The latter are nailed to the wood uprights, or 
“studs” in frame-and-masonry construction and to wood blocks set into 
the edge of the window opening when the walls are of solid masonry 
(see illustration on page twenty-one). The plaster is carried up to the 
plaster-ground, and the joint is covered by the screen-stop. 


Should you buy a home equipped with steel casements, but with no 
provision for inside screens, the situation is by no means hopeless. In 
brick veneer or other part-frame construction, your carpenter can drill 
through the plaster of the window-jamb, into the wood framing. Then 
the screen-stops can be screwed in place, over the plaster. If the walls are 
solid masonry, with no wood blocks as anchorage for nails or screws, it 
will probably be necessary to insert wood plugs in the plaster, just as 
explained in connection with curtain rods, on page nineteen, and attach 
the screen-stops to these plugs. 


For the wire mesh of the screens, a non-bagging, anti-rust screen 
cloth of bronze, with 16 squares to the inch. Such screening is known as 
“16-mesh.”’ By all means avoid cheap wire mesh, and if you have your 
screens made for you with wood frames, insist on having the mesh secured 
to the frames by means of removable beading strips, which are more 
sturdy than tacks and more sightly. 


Painted or stained to match the rest of the woodwork, inside screens 


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really become an attractive feature of any room. In painting them, how- 
ever, it is best not to paint the wire cloth itself, as some of the tiny holes 
are bound to fill up and form unattractive patches. 


Fixed Screens 


THE term, “fixed” is not truly descriptive of this type of screen. 
While not as movable as other types, because it does not slide or swing, 
the fixed screen is nonetheless easily handled by equipping it with hinges 
placed near the head of the window. This hardware is inexpensive and 
easily attached. The screen can be removed easily for washing the 
windows and, if the latter are equipped with Fenestra under-screen 
adjusters, they can be opened and closed without disturbing the screens. 
Under average conditions, this type of screen, fitted with under-screen 
adjusters, is probably the most satisfactory obtainable, and it is usually 
the least expensive. 


The Crank-Handle Operator 


ProBABLY the most satisfactory 
of the under-screen adjusters available 
with Fenestra Casements is the crank- 
handle operator, illustrated below, at 
the right. Used in conjunction with a 
fixed screen or a_horizontally-sliding 
screen, this adjuster combines neat ap- 
pearance, positive action, and ease of 
installation. The square, dignified-look- 
ing metal box which houses the ratchet 
mechanism is fastened by means of 
screws directly to the sill, between the 
window and the screen. The lower rail 
of the latter practically conceals the 
housing, and a small hole in the screen 
frame, through which the crank-handle 
is inserted into the mechanism, is all 
that shows. And the handle is remov- 
able when not in use. 


page twenty-three 


K DECORATING With CASEMENT s : 
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With a few turns of this handle, the sash can be swung wide open, to 
the 90-degree position, or, by reversing the direction of the swing of the 
handle, it can be closed tightly enough to keep out ordinarily bad weather. 
The action is prompt and positive, without lost motion or noise. 


Horizontally-Sliding Screens 


HorIZONTALLY-SLIDING screens are constructed in units each wider 
than a two light-wide section of a Fenestra Casement, so that one screen- 
unit overlaps another, and they can be moved back and forth in parallel 
tracks. It is best to make the units as wide as possible, because the 
longer bearing surfaces at top and bottom tend to keep the screens 
more truly in line and to make them slide more easily. Also, the fewer 
screen-units there are to a window, the better the appearance of the latter, 
as a result of keeping the number of vertical frame sections down to 


a minimum. 


page twenty-four 


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Washing the window is easily accomplished by taking one section at a 
time, sliding the screen unit to one side (covering the next screen) and then 
replacing it and sliding the next one over it to clear the next portion of the 
casement. If desired, the screen units can be removed entirely by simply 
lifting them slightly, to compress the spring guides at the head, and then 
lifting them clear of the track at the sill. 

Horizontally-sliding screens are recommended for wide batteries of 
casement windows, particularly when the latter are low in height. The 
main objections to this type of screen are that the tracks on the sill are 
apt to gather dust, and any appreciable unevenness in the sill is apt to 
interfere with easy operation. On the other hand, these screens offer no 
interference with curtains, and need not be too large for easy handling. 


Side-Hinged Screens 


THE side-hinged screen is attached like a small door to the wood 
screen-stop of the casement with remov- 
able-pin hinges, which permit easy de- 
mounting and replacing of the screen. 
Or it may swing on top and bottom pivots 
which fit into metal sockets set in the 
woodwork of the window. The upper pivot 
is equipped with a spring to allow it to be 
withdrawn from its socket, after which the 
entire screen can be taken out with ease. 


Used on a single casement (one that 
is only two lights wide) it is fastened with 
a spring catch sunk into the screen rebate 
on the side opposite to the hinges. When 
this type of screen is used on a pair of 
casements, it is best constructed in two 
sections, each covering half of the total 
width of the window. The two meet in 
the center, and one has a light strip of 
wood fastened to it to act as a stop for 
the other. A latch secures the two of 
them. 


page twenty-five 


A close-up of the crank-handle operator, with a 
phantom view of the gear-box which is concealed by 
the screen-frame. The handle is easily removable. 


The flush-type under-screen operator is neat and in- 
conspicuous, as well as positive in its action. The 
handle can be lifted out readily when not in use. 


This is the surface-type operator, attached to the 
sill, with a small notch in the screen-frame. 
The handle of this operator, too, ts removable. 


page twenty-six 


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Other Types of Screens 


VERTICALLY-SLIDING screens, usually made in widths corresponding 
to the two-light-wide casement sections, consist of two halves placed 
one above the other, with their respective bottom and top frame members 
overlapping. These screens are best used with windows equipped with 
upper panels or transoms two lights or more in height, in order to bring 
the over-lapping horizontal bars opposite the horizontal mullion of the 
casements. Otherwise, the overlap of the screens will form an obstruc- 
tion across the line of vision. Screens of this type slide either on ver- 
tical metal tracks or in grooves in the wood trim at the window-jambs, 
very much as double-hung wood window sashes function. 


Top-hung screens are either hinged or suspended from metal hooks 
screwed to the wood trim or into the wall structure at the head of the 
window. They are especially useful for single casements (two lights wide). 


The roll-up screen operates like a shade, except that it is guided 
by two light metal tracks set into the woodwork at the side of the win- 
dow, and has its roller concealed in a rustproofed box set into the wall 
above the window. These screens are convenient, because they can be 
easily brought into use or rolled up, out of sight; but for an approximately 
equal amount of money, you can have any of the other types of screens 
with the added convenience of under-screen operators. 


Under-Screen Adjusters 


AT ONLY a nominalextra charge, steel casements can be equipped with 
under-screen adjusters (see opposite page) which give full control of the 
casement without the necessity of moving the screens. These adjusters 
not only hold the sash in any position up to 90 degrees of opening, but 
also lock them tightly enough for all ordinary purposes when closed. It is 
unnecessary to open the screens and use the locking handle. 


For Your Carpenter 


Ir your carpenter happens to be unfamiliar with screening steel 
casements, the drawings on pages thirty and thirty-one will show him 
exactly how the work should be handled. 


page twenty-seven 


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Cozier, Brighter Rooms at Low Cost 


N ESTABLISHING a new window vogue for homes both large and small, 
d are Steel Casements bring to home-builders everywhere the 
sparkling beauty of small panes and slender muntin-bars, plus many 
practical advantages—at no extra cost. 


Fenestra Casements are washed 
from the inside. Extension 
hinges, sturdy yet inconspicu- 
ous, hold the opened swing- 
leaves far enough away from the 
wall to give easy access to the 
outside of the glass—no danger- 
ous leaning out, backwards. 


Because their rolled steel bars 
can never warp, swell, shrink 
or stick, Fenestra Casements 
always open easily at a finger’s 
touch in any kind of weather. 


For the same reason, these bet- 
ter steel windows shut weather- 
tight at all times. Steel meets 
steel in a broad flat line of solid 
contact all around the sash, 
under the clamping pressure of 
a gracefully-curved locking 
handle. Electric through-weld- 
ing of all corners makes easy 
opening and accurate fit per- 
manent, built-in qualities. 


There's extra sunlight and 
fresh air, too, with Fenestra 
Casements, for their slender 
steel bars shut off almost none 
of the light, but permit practi- 
cally the entire window open- 
ing to be spanned with glass. 


page twenty-eight 


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Screened inside, these modern 
windows set off the full beauty 
of the home exterior, unmarred 
by the dull, ugly rectangles of 
outside screens; at the same 
time, inside screens, shielded 
Jrom dirt, help keep the dainti- 
est curtains clean and fresh. 


You get one-hundred per cent 
ventilation with Fenestra Case- 
ments, too, for both swing- 
leaves can be opened; with or- 
dinary double-hung windows, 
at least half the opening ts al- 
ways blocked off by the sash. 


And when you need a breeze, in 
hot weather, Fenestra Case- 
ments will bring it if there's a 
breath of air stirring, for the 
extended swing-leaves deflect 
into the rooms even breezes 
which move parallel to the wall. 


Casement Advantages at Low Cost 


ITH so many advantages—so much greater beauty—so many extra 
ee ree Aenea Casements give an impression of high cost 
without being really expensive. Although their cost as material is slightly 
above that of ordinary windows, they save so much in labor and time “on 
the job” that when completely installed, they actually cost little if any 
more than ordinary windows. 


Certainly no other item of equipment—wiring, roofing, plastering, 
landscaping, or what you will—adds so much at so little cost as Fenestra 
Casements. There’s a Fenestra office or a Fenestra dealer—probably your 
own lumber or building supply dealer—near you, to supply you promptly 
with these better steel windows from a convenient warehouse stock. 


page twenty-nine 


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Details of Inside Screens 


These details for horizontally-sliding and vertically-sliding screens 
are representative of those which should be followed in screening 
Fenestra Steel Casements, whether screens are bought ready-made or 


are built by your carpenter. 


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Details of Inside Screens 


Here are shown simple, easily followed details for the application 

of either hinged or vertically-sliding screens on Fenestra Steel Case- 

ments. The sectional views of the under-screen operators indicate 
their proper positions. 


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